English Explanatory Dictionary

also

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
  2. To the same degree or extent; so, as.
conj
  1. and in addition

Pronunciation

/ˈɔːl.səʊ/ /ˈɔl.soʊ/ /ˈɑl.soʊ/ en-us-also.ogg /ˈɔlt.soʊ/ /ˈɑlt.soʊ/ [ˈɔːɫ.so(ː)] /ˈɔl.so/ /ˈɔːl.soː/

Word forms

also

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Proto-Indo-European *swéder.? Proto-Germanic *swa Proto-West Germanic *swā Proto-West Germanic *allswā Old English eallswā Middle English also English also From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.

Synonyms

too eke as well so

Derived words

also known as also-ran not only … but also
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